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4.0

76% would recommend to a friend

(1,476 total reviews)
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Mike Rosenbaum

89% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Culture & values

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.2

Work/Life balance

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Senior management

3.6

Career opportunities

Guidewire has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,476 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Guidewire employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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1K reviews
5.0
Nov 1, 2013

Nothing better than loving coming to work and loving the people you work with and for.

Qa engineer
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Friendly, collaborative atmosphere Always something new to learn and always someone to help.

Cons

If you are coming from a cube or office as a developer you are in for a change. Turns out change can be good. Commuting benefits compared to other companies are lacking. For example, no caltrain subsidiary or bus lines.

5.0
Nov 1, 2013

Shipping quality code at a sustainable pace

Senior software engineer
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The code you write ships. Priorities are stable, you know what you'll be working on tomorrow. Good planning and high quality reduce crunch time and fires. Strong product management team does a great job defining and prioritizing work.

Cons

Two-year release cycle. Not-invented-here syndrome. Decade-old libraries and frameworks. The lack of modern architecture makes it difficult for high-skilled engineers to apply their knowledge.

5.0
Nov 1, 2013

Working with good people on difficult problems

Senior software engineer
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Guidewire has really good people with a culture of working together well. There's a lot of respect between different departments so as a developer you know that the product managers and project managers will work with you to solve problems, and will trust your judgement on technical issues and estimates. There's a big emphasis on getting work done without any politics. If problems come up the attitude is always how can we fix it and prevent it in the future, never who can we blame.

Cons

Guidewire has a lot of proprietary technology, which is a mixed blessing. It means you can work on technology you might not get to work on elsewhere but also means it's harder to use some of the newer tools

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